blandishment

noun blan·dish·ment \ -dish-mənt \

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Definition of blandishment

: something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement —often used in plural

… refuses to yield to their blandishments …
—Irving Babbitt

Recent Examples of blandishment from the Web

But the sweet glaze of memory, like the blandishment of false philosophy, still offers glints of something darker beneath the surface.

— jesse green, New York Times, "Review: The Chaos Beneath the Chorale in ‘The Lucky Ones’," 31 Mar. 2018
Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den.

— New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018
Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den.

— ruth la ferla, The Seattle Times, "In “Incredibles 2,” the Parr house is the breakout star," 9 July 2018
The sweetening tone was just the latest change in a roller-coaster game of brinkmanship — talks about talks with two unpredictable world leaders trading threats and blandishments.

— Washington Post, "Korea summit after all? Trump says ‘everybody plays games’," 26 May 2018
The sweetening tone was just the latest change in a roller-coaster game of brinkmanship — talks about talks with two unpredictable world leaders trading threats and blandishments.

— Fox News, "Trump shifts stance on Korea summit from 'off' to 'maybe'," 26 May 2018
Reports of gobblers hanging with flocks of hens and seemingly immune to even the most tempting blandishments of hunters, including gobblers ignoring or even avoiding decoys, have been ubiquitous during early weeks of this season.

— shannon tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Sound advice: More gobbles on horizon during turkey season," 11 Apr. 2018
Voters were subject to bribes, blandishments and threats in an effort to get them to the polls.

— declan walsh, New York Times, "Egypt’s Early Vote Tally: Sisi, 92%, Token Opponent, 3%," 29 Mar. 2018
The blandishments of Gabo, as everyone called him, were impossible to deny.

— jon lee anderson, Condé Nast Traveler, "Stepping Beyond Cartagena: Exploring Colombia's Northern Reaches," 21 Mar. 2018

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